#BDB461#BDB461

#BDB461 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.106 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB461
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 97)
HSL	hsl(54, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 48.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -8.21, 43.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 43.94, 100.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.0239 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.106 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.4662, 44.3256, 17.7837)
Luminance	0.4432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB461 #616ABD

analogous

#BD8661 #BDB461 #98BD61

triadic

#BDB461 #61BDB4 #B461BD

tetradic

#BDB461 #61BD86 #616ABD #BD6198

square

#BDB461 #61BD86 #616ABD #BD6198

split-complementary

#BDB461 #6198BD #8661BD

monochromatic

#736D30 #9F9642 #BDB461 #CFC88C #E1DDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#BDB461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB461

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB461	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AF5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B465

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.106 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca90',
    500: '#bdb461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb461;
$custom-light: #d3ca90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.13,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75962,
    "c": 0.10556,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB461

secondary

#AAAED0

accent

#63D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB461

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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